Friday, March 4, is the 20th installment of what’s become known as Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp passes along its usual share of revenue to the independent artists and labels selling music through the site. But that occasion was overshadowed somewhat this morning, when Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond announced that the company is “joining” Epic Games. […]
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Saxophonist Tim Berne strengthens his bond with pianist Matt Mitchell on the knotty new Angel Dusk
Tim Berne comes to town Tuesday with a different group, Broken Shadows, that celebrates the music of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Julius Hemphill.
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Jazz quartet Broken Shadows take on the music of saxophonists Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Julius Hemphill
Numerous intersecting lines connect the members of Broken Shadows, a new quartet devoted to the music of three saxophonists who emerged from Fort Worth, Texas: Ornette Coleman, Julius Hemphill, and Dewey Redman (the group also tackles “Song for Ché,” by bassist Charlie Haden, who worked with Coleman and Redman). Front-line saxophonists Tim Berne and Chris […]
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Italian quartet Roots Magic illuminate the links between rustic blues and earthy free jazz
Roots Magic, who make their Chicago debut at Elastic on Thursday, find commonalities between Julius Hemphill and Charlie Patton, Henry Threadgill and Blind Willie Johnson.
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In Rotation: Bassoonist Katherine Young on music from Malian cell phones
Current obsessions of bassoonist Katherine Young and Joan of Arc drummer Theo Katsaounis
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In Rotation: Bassoonist Katherine Young on music from Malian cell phones
Current obsessions of bassoonist Katherine Young and Joan of Arc drummer Theo Katsaounis
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Bassist and onetime Chicagoan Devin Hoff returns for April
A conversation with bassist Devin Hoff about his April residency in Chicago
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The enduring soul of Julius Hemphill
Two albums featuring brilliant reedist Julius Hemphill made a deep impact in 2011
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Jazz: A Revived Label Does Right by Late Trumpeter Bill Dixon
A couple weeks ago a meticulously produced and packaged CD reissue of Intents and Purposes, a classic and incredibly rare 1967 album by trumpeter Bill Dixon, began turning up in record shops. International Phonograph, the Chicago label behind it, isn’t exactly new, but its only other release is an album by reedist pianist Richie Beirach […]